approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
please (give me); please (do for me)
disturbance of sleep; nuisance in the middle of the night
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
authority; power; influence
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
nine parts; nine percent; almost
solely; entirely; only; or
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
transfer; assignment; conveyance
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
conditionally; with conditions attached
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
middle of the night; dead of night
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy